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<div style="font-size:300%;">Pronominal Verbs Agreement</div> | <div style="font-size:300%;">Pronominal Verbs Agreement</div> | ||
You can identify a pronominal verb by its infinitive; it always has the pronoun '''"se"''' right before the infinitive, like in "'''se''' préparer" (to get | You can identify a pronominal verb by its infinitive; it always has the pronoun '''"se"''' right before the infinitive, like in "'''se''' préparer" (to get oneself ready). | ||
==pronominal verbs only existing in the pronominal form== | |||
If the pronominal verbs only exists in the pronominal form, it always agree in gender and number with the subject. | If the pronominal verbs only exists in the pronominal form, it always agree in gender and number with the subject. | ||
Example: | '''Example:''' | ||
*Elle '''s''''est souvenue de vous. [She remembered | *Elle '''s''''est souvenue de vous. [She remembered you] | ||
==pronominal verbs also existing in the non-pronominal form== | |||
Occasionally pronominal verbs also existing in the non-pronominal form, follow the same agreement rules as the past participle like with the auxiliary "avoir". | Occasionally pronominal verbs also existing in the non-pronominal form, follow the same agreement rules as the past participle like with the auxiliary "avoir". | ||
Those verbs agree with the complement (''direct object complement'', COD in French) if the complement is before the verb. If the COD is not before the verb, the verb is invariable. | Those verbs agree with the complement (''direct object complement'', COD in French) if the complement is before the verb. If the COD is not before the verb, the verb is invariable. | ||
Example: | '''Example:''' | ||
*'''Ils''' se sont échangé'''s''' des lettres. [They exchanged | *'''Ils''' se sont échangé'''s''' des lettres. [They exchanged letters] | ||
(COD after the verb: no agreement) | (COD after the verb: no agreement) | ||
* | *Les lettr'''es''' qu'ils se sont échang'''ées'''. [The letters they exchanged] | ||
(COD before the verb: agreement) | (COD before the verb: agreement) |
Revision as of 21:17, 21 May 2020
Pronominal Verbs Agreement
You can identify a pronominal verb by its infinitive; it always has the pronoun "se" right before the infinitive, like in "se préparer" (to get oneself ready).
pronominal verbs only existing in the pronominal form
If the pronominal verbs only exists in the pronominal form, it always agree in gender and number with the subject.
Example:
- Elle s'est souvenue de vous. [She remembered you]
pronominal verbs also existing in the non-pronominal form
Occasionally pronominal verbs also existing in the non-pronominal form, follow the same agreement rules as the past participle like with the auxiliary "avoir".
Those verbs agree with the complement (direct object complement, COD in French) if the complement is before the verb. If the COD is not before the verb, the verb is invariable.
Example:
- Ils se sont échangés des lettres. [They exchanged letters]
(COD after the verb: no agreement)
- Les lettres qu'ils se sont échangées. [The letters they exchanged]
(COD before the verb: agreement)